(11-10-2012, 04:13 PM)geoft Wrote: I have taken a few liberties with the violin part - it sort of works for a couple of bars at least, I think.
Thumbs up for the creativity, the violin duo does work really nicely in my opinion.
Just daring comments since I've been through this and going to post my version soon.
I like a lot the violin and dobro sounds, solid enough.
What I would improve:
- the snare and overheads seems muffled throughout. There's a lot of spill in the bass/overhead, that I also had my difficulties in treating, and I assume you have taken the approach of frequency cutting to avoid the extra overlapping shrill in the high frequencies.
- there's maybe too much in overlapping in the violin/piano dialog with competing frequencies. There's a lot going on in that solo (around 4:05 on) and the balance is quite ok, but I have the subliminal bother of frequency overload, especially on headset. I cannot be more specific but I would think it's some sort of booming in the 200-350Hz frequencies.
- I was disturbed (slightly ;-) ) by the dobro taking a left direction in the stereo image. This is choice based on taste though.
- Just a detail that bothered me was a high frequency shrill from the violin (probably a mistake) at 2:57 roughly for a fraction of second. I actually eliminated it since it was quite evident and disturbing on the monitor tweeters.
It's easier to be analytical on others' work, so mine may be much worse. :-)
Well done!
humbly said and thanks for your attention.
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